Machine for embossing trimmings for caskets.



No. 719,238. PATBNTBD JAN. 27, 190.43.

` H. T. LooMIs. MACHINE POR EMBossING TRIMMINGS FOR GASKETS.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1902.

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HARRY T. LOOMIS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO JULIUS J. LAMBERT ANDMORRIS FRANK, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

lvlACl-llhih FOR EMBOSS'ING TRIIVINHNGS FOR CASKETS.

SPECIFICATION' forming part of Letters Patent No. 719,238, dated January27, 1903: Application tiled May 7, 1902. Serial No. 106,261 (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, zit may concern: roller is provided centrally of this spacewith Beit known that I, HARRY T.LooMis, a citia deep spiral groove c3,which passes entirely Zen of the United States,residingat New York,around the same, and suspended from one of in the county of New York andState of New the rods a2 of the main frame and pivotally 55 5 York, haveinvented certain new and useful connected therewith at e is a hanger e2,which Improvements in Machines for Embossing is adapted to Swingin ahorizontal plane, and

Trimmings for Gaskets, of which the followwith which is pivotallyconnected at e3 a cuting is a full and complete specication, such ter,comprising a downwardly-directed arm as will enable those skilled in theart to which c4, havingV a forwardly-curved and pointed 6o 1o itappertains to make and use the same. and sharpened upper edge at e5, andthe point The object of this invention is to provide of which isprovided with asmall knob or ball an improved machine for embossing orornae6, adapted to travel in the groove o3, and the menting thetrimmings of burial and other upper end ot' the arm e4 is provided witha caskets, and the invention is fully disclosed screw e7, which passestherethrough and into 65 i I5 in the following specification, of whichthe a groove e8 and is provided with a knob or accompanying drawingsform a part,inwhich head e, and between the front end of the theseparate parts of myimprovement are des- Screw e7 and the upper end ofthe arm c4 is ignated by the same reference characters in placed aspiral spring ew. each of the views, and in which- The outer ends of thedesign-roller c be- 7o zo Figure l is a back view of my improved tweenthe points c2 and c4 are provided with machine; Fig. 2, a partialtransverse vertical a countersunk design or pattern preferably sectionon the line 2 2 of Fig. l; Fig. 3, a front made up of two separate partsc5 and c, and view of a cutter whichIemploy; Fig. 4, a secthe bottom:roller CZ is provided centrally betional side view thereof; Fig. 5, atransverse tween the points cl3 with a countersunk de- 75 z5 section ofa strip of the trimming material sign or pattern which is thecounterpart of after it passes through myimproved machine; .thecorresponding design or pattern on the Fig. 6, a front view thereof;Fig. 7, a view roller c, and between the points d3 and d4 the similar toFig. 5, showing the border of said opposite ends of said roller d areprovided strip folded; and Fig. 8,' a front view thereof. with a raiseddesign or pattern which is the 8o V3o In the practice 02E my invention Iprovide counterpart of the counter-sunk designs or a machine comprisingstrong upright end patterns on the opposite ends of the roller o, framesa, which are connected by top and bot and the central countersunkpattern or detom rods a2 or in any other desired manner, sign betweenthe points cl3 of the roller d is and the top rods 0,3 in the form ofconstrucalso provided with a spiral ridge d5, which 85 35 tion shownserve as guide rollers orsupports, corresponds with the spiral groove c3in the over which the strip l) of trimmingis passed roller c. as it isfed through the machine. It will be understood that cambric, linen,Mounted between the end members ct of the silk, or other material may bepassed through main frame is a design-roller c, which is made thismachine for the purpose ot' making trimoo 4o of steel or other metal andprovided with a inings for caskets, and in Fig. 2 I have shown centrallongitudinal bore cl2, into which gas the method of doing this, thestrip of matemay be passed for the purpose of heating said rial beingdesignated by the reference charroller in the usual manner, and beneaththe acter b. The strip of material is placed on design-roller c is animpression-roller 7.which a supportfat the back of the machine, which 9545 is much larger than the design-roller c, and is preferablyprovidedwith transversegrooves the perimeter of this roller is preferably comf2,through which said strip is passed, and posed of sott material, such aspaper or coinsaid strip is vthen passed upwardly and forbination ofpaper and other substances. The wardly over both the rods a2 and thenbackdesign-roller c is provided centrally with a wardly and downwardlyand around and be- 10J` 5o raised design or pattern, which covers theneath the design-roller c or between the said space between the pointsc2, and said designrollers cand (l. The rollers c and d are gearedtogether, as shown at f3 in Fig. 1, and passing through the bottom ofthe main frame is apower-shaft f4, which is geared in connec tion withthe roller d, as shown at f5, and the shaft f4 is provided with a beltor powerwheel f7, and in practice the rollers c and CZ are turned in thedirection indicated by the arrows in Fig. 2, and the strip b of materialmoves in the direction of the arrows y. As the strip of material passesthrough the machine it is given the design or pattern which is on theroller c and at the same time the cutter e divides said strip into twosimilar pieces b2, as shown in Figs. 5 to 8, and after'the separatestrips b2 come from the machine they are folded longitudinally at oneedge and along the inner edge of the central design portion at b3, andthe part of the 'central design portion whichis formed by cutting alongthe groove c3 is folded over to form a top border, as shown at b4 inFigs. 7 and 8, and in the operation of trimming a casket the saidtrimmings are passed entirely around the inside thereof with the borderportion b4 at the top.

It will be understood that the design on each side of the strip ofmaterial as it passes through the machine is a raised design, exceptthat portion between the points c? of the roller c and the points d3 ofthe roller d, and the said last-named portion is a sunken or countersunkdesign or pattern, and when the strip is divided centrally orlongitudinally by the cutter e the borders b4 are formed, the edges ofwhich are convoluted or wave-shaped, and when these borders are turneddownwardly, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the design both of the border andof the body portion of the strip is a raised design.

At the end of the roller c the shaft thereof is provided withvertically-movable blocks or bearings g, and screws g2 are passedthrough the top portion of the frame and connected with or bear upon'said bearing for the purpose of holding the roller c in the properlposition; but the supports or bearings of the rollers c and d may be ofany desired form, as may also the main frame. I

By means of this construction it will be seen that a single strip ofmaterial when passed through my improved machine will form two separatesimilarstrips of trimming,

the body portion of said strips being provided with a raised pattern ordesign on the front side thereof and one edge thereof with a countersunkor depressed pattern or design, which when turned over will form aborder having a raised pattern or design, said border being alsoconvoluted or wave-shaped at the edge. It will be apparent that thegroove c3 in the design-roller need not necessarily be spiral, as anannular groove would serve the same purpose, it being understood that inthis event the border of the trimming would have a straight edge. Myinvention, however, s not limited to the particular designs on thedesign and impression rollers herein shown and described, but involvesthe idea `of forming two or more designs on a design.

are the counterpart of the designs on the design-roller, wherebywhenastrip of material is passed between said rollers said strip will beprovided with a plurality of designs, one of which is countersunk andthe other or others raised, so that the said strip may be foldedlongitudinally,so as to show only raised designs at one side thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. A machine forembossing trimmings comprising a frame provided with adesign-roller and an impression-roller mounted thereunder, thedesignroller being provided centrally with a raised pattern or designand at each end with a countersunk pattern or design, and theimpression-roller being provided cen.- trally with a countersunk patternor design which is the counterpart of that on the design-roller and ateach end with a raised pattern or design the counterpart of thecorresponding pattern or design on the designroller, substantially asshown and described.

2. A machine for embossing trimmings comprising a frame provided with adesign-roller and an impression-roller mounted thereunder, the design-roller being provided centrally with a raised pattern or design and ateach end with a countersunk pattern or design, and the impression-rollerbeing provided centrally with a countersunk pattern or design which isthe counterpart of that on the design-roller and at each end with araised pattern or design the counterpart of the corresponding pattern ordesign on said designroller, said design-roller being also providedcentrally with a groove which passes around the same and through thecentral pattern or design thereon, substantially as shown and described.

3. Amachine for embossing trimmings comprising a frame provided with adesign-roller and an impression-roller mounted thereunder, thedesign-roller being provided centrally with a raised pattern or designand at each end with a countersunk pattern or design, and theimpression-roller being provided centrally with a countersunk pattern ordesign which is the counterpart of that on the design-roller and at eachend with a raised pattern or design the counterpart of the correspondingpattern or design on the designroller, said design-roller being alsoprovided centrally with a groove which passes around the same andthrough the central pattern or design thereof, and the frame of themachine being provided with a cutter adapted to travel in said groove,substantially as shown and described.

4. A machine of the class described provided with a design and animpression roller,

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the design-roller being provided centrally with a pattern or designwhich is raised and provided with a spiral groove, the ends of saidroller being also provided with a pattern or design which isoountersunk, substantially as shown and described.

5. A machine of the class described provided With a design and animpression roller, the design -roller being provided centrally with apattern or design which is raised and provided with a spiral groove, theends of said roller being also provided with a pattern or design whichis countersunk, and the impression-roller being provided with thecounterparts of said patterns or designs, substantially as shown anddescribed. v

t5. A machine forembossing trimmings, provided with a design-roller andan impressionroller mounted adjacent thereto; the designroller beingprovided on a predetermined portion of its surface with a raised patternor design and on another predetermined portion of its surface with acouutersunk pattern or design, and the impression-roller being providedon predetermined portions ofits surface corresponding with thebeforementioned predetermined portions ofthe surface of thedesignroller, with a countersunk pattern or design roller, thedesign-roller being provided with..

a plurality of designs part of which is countersunk and the othersraised, and the impression-roller being provided with a correspondingnumber of designs which are the counterpart of designs on thedesign-roller, the raised designs on said rollers being separated fromthe countersunk designs by a plane at right angles to the axis of saidrollers, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as myinvention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 5th day of May,1902.

HARRY T. LOOMIS. Witnesses:

JAMES M. TULLY, F. A. STEWART.

